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CAWLS welcomes funding announcement for legal assistance services and calls for funding to be directed to specialist legal services

Women’s Legal Services Australia (WLSA), a national network of community legal centres specialising in women’s legal issues, welcomes the Government’s announcement of an additional $63.3 million for the legal assistance sector to provide services during and in response to COVID-19. We further welcome 40% of this funding being used for matters involving domestic violence. Together…

Sold Out ‘Responding to Family Violence’ Training | Friday 22 May

Due to an overwhelming response, our upcoming ‘Responding to Family Violence’ FREE Online Training is now FULLY BOOKED . 📣 Due to the immense interest, we have set up an ‘Expressions of Interest’ link for people to add their contact details so we can contact them when future sessions open up. Click here to add your name…

Family violence perpetrators ‘threaten to expose children to COVID-19’

⚠CONTENT WARNING: Distressing Domestic & Family Violence Content below … During this unpredictable time, there has been an overall increase in the amount of people engaging with family violence specific services. There has also been a rise in perpetrators of violence using COVID-19 as a way to control their partners. Services are reporting perpetrators stopping…

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No one is you

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